John Smart, A Young Lady, 1783

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1982;

Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 85, as A Young Lady [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A young lady, her powdered hair falling in a coil to one shoulder and entwined with a white gauze scarf, wearing a low-cut blue dress with white slashed sleeves and a white lace-trimmed collar, the bodice edged with yellow ribbon, framed as a brooch within a border of crystals, the reverse with plaited hair, oval 1 5/8 in.; 4.1 cm.” The annotated catalogue has a circled lot number and lists “1600” below the lot description.

Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 22, as A Young Lady.